Breakthrough Technical Recruiting [Ring-bound]

Wayne D. Ford Ph.D. (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 30, 2000

Dr. Wayne Ford shares with you the secrets of the top technical recruiters. He shows you how to find top technical job candidates, get employers to use your services, and critical negotiating tips. If you are a recruiter who wants to make more money, this is an invaluable resource.

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About the Author

Dr. Wayne Ford has worked and managed in numerous industries, accumulating over 30 years of management and supervisory experience. He has interviewed and hired hundreds of job applicants. His extensive experience as a professional career counselor and recruiter has given him special insight into the recruiting and job search phenomenon.

Along the way he has earned four college degrees, with majors in Education and Training Management, and Public Administration, as well as a Master of Business Administration (MBA), and a Ph.D. in Management. He has taught and lectured at the university level, as well as serving as President of a national training corporation. He has written and lectured extensively in the areas of business and organizational management and leadership, as well as healthcare, stress management, job search, and process sustainment.

He has managed a variety of organizations, including both single- and multi-site, in the service, consulting, manufacturing, retail, sales, and governmental arenas. He has worked as a career developer, outplacement consultant, recruiter, interviewer, screener, and manager.

Product Details

• Ring-bound: 272 pages
• Publisher: Management Advantage; Lslf edition (August 30, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1879876167
• ISBN-13: 978-1879876163
• Product Dimensions: 11.5 x 10.2 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #184,211 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Fake Alert, July 6, 2001

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avarma "avarma" (Austin, TX United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Breakthrough Technical Recruiting (Ring-bound)

I am usually discerning about authors and books I purchase. This one really took me for a ride. Written by a Ph.D. who has served as the 'president' of a 'national training corporation' (not mentioned which corporation), this book contains utterly useless information such as 'Prepare for your interview with the candidate, Get a good general feel, and other generic statements which can be obtained without shelling out (price). The reviews for this book stated that it contained a lot of valuable information about managing client expectations - it contained one page - and it was far from valuable. Much of the book was full of 'building your pyramid', 'telemarketing stunts' and other strategies that had little to do with the topic of the book or the reviews it obtained. I am starting to believe the reviews are fake - as is the book...Am going to return it in a hurry and never look at anything by this PhD ever again.
UPDATE: If you look at some of the 5 star reviews for this book - e.g. from 'KGF', click on 'All Reviews' by this user. You will find that this user has ONLY reviewed every book by Wayne Ford Ph.D. - and has given 5 stars to every book - with almost near identical reviews.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars We enthusiastically recommend this book, December 28, 2000

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Bookstall 99 (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Breakthrough Technical Recruiting (Ring-bound)

Bookstall 99 is proud to add "Breakthrough Technical Recruiting" to our list of recommended business and professional books. We look at many books, recommend very few, and our reviewers must be in total agreement before we issue our approvals. This book we felt was exceptional in it's use of resources, in-depth research, timliness, and ease of reading. It is the only book on recruiting we are recommending. Dr. Wayne Ford has done an excellent job in producing a complete text for the technical recruiter, regardless of the level of experience. He logically lays out a sequential approach to learning the business, setting up an effective strategy, and following proven methods in achieving success. Especially helpful to technical recruiters, we felt, was the section on how to specifically interact with the technical professionals who are the target applicant population. This single text will get a new recruter started of make an experienced recruter a more effective professional. The bottom line is profitability and this work most certainly facilitates greater amounts. A particularly well thought out book with the reader in mind.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best book yet on succeeding at a tough job, September 20, 2000

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KGF (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Breakthrough Technical Recruiting (Ring-bound)

Technical recruiting is tougher than it ever has been, and this is the book that will ease your pain and soften the bumps in your road. The author only uses technical jargon when he explains it to you, which is a big help. (If I already knew the jargon, I wouldn't need a book like this.) There is plenty of help here for every level of expertise. Other books tend to either treat you as an idiot or assume you know it all already. Neither of those approaches is helpful. This is easy to read and gives real meat to every area of explanation. I sincerely feel this is worth every cent of it's price and much more.